#1 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Downtown McDonough (Neighborhood)
McDonough GA
~0.70 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta GA
~10.10 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Downtown Griffin (Neighborhood)
Griffin GA
~15.22 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
New Birth Missionary Baptist
6400 Woodrow Road Lithonia GA
~16.99 miles from Mcdonough city center
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The New Birth Missionary Church has over 25,000 members and more than 40 ministries, New Birth built its Cathedral not only for church services, but also to accommodate the New Birth staff administrative offices; Faith Academy, New Birth's Christian School of Excellence; and a variety of programs and activities such as conferences, concerts, theatrical productions, graduations, weddings, educational classes and more. For we realize that people, not buildings, represent the church, and that the sacredness of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church comes from the one and only God our Father.
http://www.newbirth.org
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia Perimeter College
3251 Panthersville Rd Decatur GA - 404-244-5090
~17.58 miles from Mcdonough city center
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http://www.gpc.peachnet.edu
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Stonecrest Mall
2929 Turner Hill Road Lithonia GA
~17.59 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Shopping mall along with food and entertainment.
http://ww.mallatstonecrest.com
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Lithonia (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~18.34 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Conyers Horse Park
Conyers GA
~19.75 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Centennial Olympic Pkwy
Conyers, GA
(404) 387-6296
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
College Park
Atlanta
~21.95 miles from Mcdonough city center
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College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,382 (Fulton: 18,810; Clayton: 1,572). Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is partially located in the city boundaries, and the Georgia International Convention Center, owned and operated by the City of College Park, is within the city limits.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
East Atlanta Village (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~21.97 miles from Mcdonough city center
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East Atlanta was historic before Columbus set foot in the new world. Flat Shoals Ave was already a major trade route for the Native Americans. It was called Sandtown Trail and connected the coastal area near Savannah with the Chattahoochee River area near present day Six Flags. The Sandtown Trail crossed the Peachtree Trail at what later became Five Points in Downtown Atlanta. Soapstone bowls crafted from boulders mines on the ridge just south of East Atlanta were brought up the smaller trail (Bouldercrest) that joined the Sandtown route. By tribal trading they found their way as far north as Minnesota. The Creek tribes to the south and east of the Chattahoochee and the Cherokee tribes north of the river were the dominant cultures until the 1830s when Andrew Jackson's treaty forced their removal from all of North Georgia.
Afterwards small farms and large plantations grew and the area's many creeks were dammed to mill grain and lumber. The old Indian trail became know as the Flat Shoals Road, because it served the farms out past the flat shoals on the South River near Panola Mountain. Terry's Mill Pond was a large 30-acre lake that skirted present day East Atlanta (in the I-20 right-of-way/Sugar Creek flood plain). The area was characterized by sparse population and rustic accommodations contracts of land that were fast becoming cleared of their first frown forest for farming and timber.
Because during the Civil War, Atlanta became a major supply hub of the southern war effort, the city also became a major target of the northern war effort. Lemuel P. Grant designed the city's fortifications to protect his plantation on the eastside of the city in what is now Grant Park. Because that place the Confederate lines there, General McPherson place his Yankee forces on the high ground about a mile to the east in what is today East Atlanta. The union troops were encamped along what is now Clifton Road at I-20 and a front line was dug in along Flat Shoals Road in what is now the East Atlanta Village.
A union cannon, the only one on this side of town, was placed in a pivotal position at Glenwood and Flat Shoals Road to protect the flank of the front line, as well as return fire to Grant's defense works if necessary. The Confederate forces were able to attack from behind, however. Because of that, the Battle of Atlanta, which culminated the Atlanta Campaign and sealed the fate of the Confederacy, was fought in the East Atlanta behind the Union lines. Over 12,000 men lost their lives; many in bloody hand to hand combat, on one hot, afternoon in July of 1864. Today many historic markers dot the neighborhood including two upturned cannon at the spots where Confederate General Walker and Union General McPherson were killed.
After the Civil War, East Atlanta recovered quickly becoming a developing unincorporated town - a suburb of Atlanta. Moreland Avenue was little more than a dirt path along the county line, while Flat shoals and Glenwood Avenues were the major highways that brought the farmers and their goods to town. The Marbut and Minor Mercantile Store was established at the crossroads of these two thoroughfares to effectively capture this trade before it reached downtown Atlanta. By the late 1890's the store had grown to encompass five different businesses including a dry goods, a feed and seed, a black smith, a livery stable and a grocery under one ownership. The Metropolitan Streetcar Company was founded by Asa Candler, Joel Hurt, Frederic Patterson, and Aaron Haas. These men became developers of the McPherson Park subdivision to provide ridership for their new electric streetcar line as well as housing for the clerks in the new stores that were springing up in the area. In 1905, William Zube, a lumber and railroad baron, built a large white columned frame mansion as a wedding present for his new bride on acreage that fronted Flat Shoals. The house is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The East Atlanta Banking Company entered the East Atlanta community in 1911, moving into its new building at Flat Shoals and Glenwood - shaped like an old fashioned "flat iron". A Post Office, a newspaper, a silent movie theatre and a carriage dealership were also added to the commercial district. The Baptists and the Methodists both established congregations in the area that immediately began to grow.
The land to the south of Glenwood was owned by former Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. Soon with his cooperation, a grid of streets was laid out around a 13 acre public green space, a model for "urban utopian living" that was being touted at the time. After 1915, in a series of votes, the people chose to be annexed into the city limits of Atlanta in order to gain access to fire protection and public education. A side benefit was water and sewer service, which enables the residents to enjoy indoor plumbing.
After World War II the undeveloped center of the neighborhood was subdivided and developed by the Williams brothers who were born and raised in East Atlanta and had build a lumber and concrete business nearby on Glenwood. As the residential area boomed, new banks, several super markets and drug stores, hardware stores, and a five and dime thrived. The Madison Theatre talking picture show and a new public library were built with the help of public donations.
In the 1960s, the civil rights struggle was at its peak across the country. Because the Grand Dragon of the KKK lived in an adjacent neighborhood, East Atlanta was targeted by civil rights groups to be an example of racial integration of housing. Under the protection of the Fair Housing Act, middle class black families were assisted in efforts to purchase houses in the area. Some real estate agents seized the opportunity to fan the flames of fear and racial prejudice. At their urging, many white families fled the area selling their homes at a loss (as low as $1,500 for a 3 bedroom). The new Interstate 20 highway that cut through the neighborhood removed some houses and allowed easy access to areas farther out. Slumlord investor bought many of the available houses.
During this time many hardworking black families achieved the dream of homeownership in a nice neighborhood with yards for the children and good schools nearby. Many white families remained refusing to give-in determined to live in harmony with their new neighbors. Twenty years after the first blockbusting integration in East Atlanta, their neighborhood, unlike others that had resegregated entirely, remained integrated with a 60% black and 40% white/other racial mix.
However property values had become depressed during the panic of transition, and slumlords allowed their houses to deteriorate. This made real estate values much lower than other areas of town. The neighborhood's appearance and reputation suffered. The perception of crime, if not the reality, was large. The name East Atlanta almost disappeared as a neighborhood reference by 1980. Over 60% of the shops in the East Atlanta Village were boarded up or used to store old tires. Even so, the neighborhood remained stable, with many good people continuing to raise their families and go about their lives in admirable ways. There were also merchants both white and black who stuck with it, providing goods and services as well as employment of the residents of the neighborhood.
In 1981, the East Atlanta Community Association was founded to bolster a sense of community in the neighborhood and work to improve the quality of life. Many improvements have been made in the last 25 years thanks to the efforts of many dedicated residents and businesses. As we move forward, part of the challenge will be to maintain the diversity of East Atlanta - economically, socially and racially - celebrating our differences while working together to achieve a better life for all who live and work here.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
East Lake (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~22.08 miles from Mcdonough city center
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East Lake is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, situated in DeKalb County.
It is the eastern-most of the 238 neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta]. East Lake is bordered by Oakhurst, which falls within city limits of Decatur, to the north; Kirkwood to the west; and unincorporated DeKalb County to the east and south. East Lake lies mostly within the 30317 zip code.
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East Lake is one of Atlanta's more historic neighborhoods. Located on the trendy but family oriented east side, East Lake is conveniently located 4.5 miles from downtown Atlanta. With its 1940's bungalows, cottages and convenience to local eateries, shops and transit (MARTA), East Lake has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Ormewood Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~22.72 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Zoo
Atlanta GA
~23.10 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Kirkwood (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.11 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Grant Park
Atlanta GA
~23.16 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
Atlanta GA
~23.21 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Avondale Estates (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.22 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Edgewood (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.41 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Edgewood is a mostly-residential and diverse neighborhood in Atlanta, located approximately three miles or five kilometers east of downtown Atlanta. Edgewood was originally its own town, prior to the city's 1909 annexation across the county line from Fulton into DeKalb. While the entire Atlanta-in-DeKalb area is sometimes called "east Atlanta", the neighborhood of East Atlanta is to the south-southwest of Edgewood. Kirkwood is immediately to the east of Edgewood, with Reynoldstown just to the west.
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Reynoldstown (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.73 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Turner Field - Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
~23.75 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Lake Claire (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.83 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Cabbagetown (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~23.91 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Cabbagetown is a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) located south of Inman Park, east of Oakland Cemetery, north of Grant Park and west of Reynoldstown. It includes Cabbagetown District, a historic district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Atlanta Rolling Mill was destroyed after the Battle of Atlanta and on its site the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill began operations in 1881 and Cabbagetown was built as the surrounding mill town and was the first textile processing mills built in the south. Its primary product was cotton bags for packaging agricultural products. Built during a period when many industries were relocating to the post-Reconstruction South in search of cheap labor, it opened shortly following the International Cotton Exposition, which was held in Atlanta in an effort to attract investment to the region. The mill was owned and operated by Jacob Elsas, a German Jewish immigrant. Its work force consisted of poor whites recruited from the Appalachian region of north Georgia. Elsas built a small community of one and two-story shotgun houses and cottage-style houses surrounding the mill. Like most mill towns, the streets are extremely narrow with short blocks and lots of intersections. At its height the mill employed 2,600 people. A protracted strike in 1914-15 failed to unionize the factory's workforce. For over half a century Cabbagetown remained home to a tight-knit, homogenous, and semi-isolated community of people whose lives were anchored by the mill, until it closed in 1977. Afterwards, the neighborhood went into a steep decline which didn't end until Atlanta's intown renaissance of the mid-1990s. The mill itself was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta GA
~23.91 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia's Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain
~24.03 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Candler Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.20 miles from Mcdonough city center
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Candler Park is located in intown Atlanta, in zip code 30307, about 5 minutes east of downtown and just south of Ponce De Leon Avenue. This National Register of Historic Places neighborhood is one of Atlanta's first suburbs and was founded as Edgewood in 1890. The neighborhood is home to many talented people, great shops, bars, and everything eclectic. Candler Park is a family-friendly neighborhood with a focus on walkability and livability.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Inman Park (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.34 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Little Five Points (Neighborhood)
Atlanta GA
~24.36 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta
Atlanta GA
~24.49 miles from Mcdonough city center
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This sanctuary became a spiritual haven for civil rights activists when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as senior pastor in the 1960s. On the self-guided audio tour, King's inspirational sermons will take visitors back in time, while the new Horizon Sanctuary across the street is home to the present day congregation, highlighted by its traditional tabernacle choir.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Georgia State Capitol
Atlanta GA
~24.50 miles from Mcdonough city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Mcdonough
Fernbank Science Center
Atlanta GA
~24.50 miles from Mcdonough city center
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The Fernbank Science Center is a museum, classroom, and woodland complex located at 156 Heaton Park Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. It is owned and operated by DeKalb County School System. The nearby Fernbank Museum of Natural History is a private non-profit organization that is separate from, but works closely with, the Science Center.
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